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ArticleViruses2023

Evaluation of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgA Response in Tears of Vaccinated COVID-19 Subjects.

Irene Soffritti, Maria D'Accolti, Carla Gallenga, Roberto De Giorgio, Matteo Guarino, Martina Maritati, Francesca Bini, Eleonora Mazziga, Carlo Contini, Elisabetta Caselli

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Article in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mucosal immune response in biology, disease prevention and treatment.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irene SoffrittiDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences, and LTTA, Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5274-295X
Maria D'AccoltiDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences, and LTTA, Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1937-5534
Carla GallengaInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7426-8603
Roberto De GiorgioDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Matteo GuarinoDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5841-8555
Martina MaritatiInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Francesca BiniDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences, and LTTA, Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Eleonora MazzigaDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences, and LTTA, Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Carlo ContiniInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8809-6470
Elisabetta CaselliDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences, and LTTA, Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6048-9141
University of Ferrara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Secretory IgA (sIgA), which may play an important role in the early defense against SARS-CoV-2 infection, were detected in the eye of COVID-19 patients. However, an evaluation of the sIgA response in the tears of vaccinated or non-vaccinated COVID-19 subjects is still lacking. Aimed at characterizing sIgA mucosal immunity in the eye, this study analyzed tear samples from 77 COVID-19 patients, including 63 vaccinated and 14 non-vaccinated subjects. The groups showed similar epidemiological features, but as expected, differences were observed in the percentage of asymptomatic/pauci-symptomatic subjects in the vaccinated vs. non-vaccinated cohort (46% and 29% of the total, respectively). Consistent with this, ocular sIgA values, evaluated by a specific quantitative ELISA assay, were remarkably different in vaccinated vs. non-vaccinated group for both frequency (69.8% vs. 57.1%, respectively) and titer (1372.3 U/mL vs. 143.7 U/mL, respectively;

Indexed as

COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEyeHumansImmunoglobulin A, SecretoryImmunoglobulin A, SecretoryCOVID-19 vaccineIgAocular mucosal immunity

Identifiers

PMID36851613
PMCPMC9965053
OpenAlexW4318483212

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